Virgil van Dijk accused Liverpool of not trying hard enough against Everton – was he right?

It is impossible to sugarcoat this one: Liverpool’s performance on Wednesday evening was terrible. It might be a cliche, but team strength and tactics do often go out of the window in a Merseyside derby. Despite Liverpool fighting for the league title, a contest at Goodison Park, under the lights, against an Everton side battling to stay in the division… Jurgen Klopp’s side would have known that the game would be a scrappy, aggressive clash in a raucous atmosphere. Did they put up enough of a fight? Their club captain didn’t think so. Virgil van Dijk questioned the commitment and...